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Establishing an IndoFlux – A long-term Biogeochemical Monitoring Network in India to Study Global Environmental Change

Establishing an IndoFlux – A long-term Biogeochemical Monitoring Network in India to Study Global Environmental Change . G Srinivasan, Shambhu Singh & KJ Ramesh Department of Science & Technology, India P V Sundareshwar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, USA. Objectives.

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Establishing an IndoFlux – A long-term Biogeochemical Monitoring Network in India to Study Global Environmental Change

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  1. Establishing an IndoFlux – A long-term Biogeochemical Monitoring Network in India to Study Global Environmental Change G Srinivasan, Shambhu Singh & KJ Ramesh Department of Science & Technology, India P V Sundareshwar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, USA

  2. Objectives • To systematically monitor CO2, water vapor and energy flux over land regions associated with different soil characteristics as well as in Coastal and Oceanic regions • To understand Carbon dynamics and other related bio-geo-chemical processes at regional/biome scale, including species diversity • To support validation of satellite remote sensing of land products and theoretical models • Impact of air-quality and trans-boundary air-pollution on ecosystems

  3. Existing • ISRO – GBP Department of Space • NATCOM Ministry of Environment & Forests • ILEAP ABC MAIRS NPL Department of Scientific & Industrial Research • Long-term CO2, trace gases, Ozone, Aerosols, Radiation • Other campaign modes DST • Non Governmental Organizations TERI, ATREE, WWF, …

  4. IndoFlux The effort will provide a integrating framework to focus existing research capacities in diverse groups across the country, and to build additional capacities through international collaborations to deliver useful assessment tools

  5. Strategy Ministry of Environment &Forests (MoEF) Department of Science &Technology Ministry of Ocean Development Department of Scientific and Industrial Research • Multi-departmental Initiative • DST, DISR, MoOD/DES, MoEF • With Participation from • NGOs • Corporate partners • Leading International Partners

  6. Networked Centers • A centralized Permanent Coordinating Office • Instrumentation • Data management • Administration & Finance • Networked centers • Specialized research groups • Nodal coordinator • Assured “base” funding • International IndoFlux Support centers

  7. Data and Management • IndoFlux Data Centre • Calibration and Standards Facility

  8. Parameters Essential Parameters • CO2, water vapor, aerosol and trace gas fluxes • Solar radiation (incoming and outgoing shortwave, longwave and diffuse radiation) • Sensible and latent heat flux • Atmospheric pressure, temperature,humidity, wind speed & direction and rainfall • Soil heat flux • PAR, skin/canopy temperature, LAI • Soil temperature and moisture profile • Sensible and latent heat above the canopy • Vertical distributions of temperature,humidity, winds aerosols and clouds in the troposphere Coastal and Oceanic

  9. Management Structure International Advisory Committee National Level Steering Committee Working Groups on Focal Areas Working Groups on Focal Areas Working Groups on Focal Areas Working Groups on Focal Areas

  10. Site Selection Broad Representative Eco-climates + other considerations like biodiversity Objective Methods Net work analysis Simulations Statistical – EOFs Existing Infrastructure and Expertise Science, National and Partner priorities

  11. Geographical • Indo-Gangetic plains representing forested, agricultural, wetland, mega-cities and mining regions • Terrestrial sites in the States of Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Sikkim, West Bengal and Orissa • Forest regions in the Eastern and Western Ghats and central India, • Coastal / offshore regions of West Bengal, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat • Arid/semi-arid regions of Rajasthan and Haryana, • High altitude regions of Ladhak, J&K, Uttaranchal, Himachal, West Bengal and North-Eastern part of India representing conifer, deciduous & every-green tropical forests and grasslands. • Oceanic – Bay of Bengal – different zones and Arabian Sea

  12. Monitoring Stations • Terrestrial • Amphibious Environs • Blue waters • Mobile units

  13. Linkages with other International Programs • GEOSS ( Global Earth Observations System of Systems) • GCOS (Global Climate Observations System) • IGBP initiatives • Ameriflux, Euroflux, ORION, NEON etc.

  14. …thank you

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